Historic saros cycle animation
January 3, 1927 event
from Buenos Aires, Argentina
Partiality from annular event
Series member 24
February 26, 2017 event
from Buenos Aires, Argentina
Partiality from annular event
Series member 29

Saros cycle series 140 for solar eclipses occurs at the Moon's descending node, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 71 events. All eclipses in this series occurs at the Moon's descending node.

This solar saros is linked to Lunar Saros 133.

Saros 140

Saros 140

It is a part of Saros cycle 140, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 71 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on April 16, 1512. It contains total eclipses from July 21, 1656 through November 9, 1836, hybrid eclipses from November 20, 1854 through December 23, 1908, and annular eclipses from January 3, 1927 through December 7, 2485. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on June 1, 2774. The longest duration of totality was 4 minutes, 10 seconds on August 12, 1692.

Umbral eclipses

Umbral eclipses (annular, total and hybrid) can be further classified as either: 1) Central (two limits), 2) Central (one limit) or 3) Non-Central (one limit). The statistical distribution of these classes in Saros series 140 appears in the following table.

Classification Number Percent
All Umbral eclipses 47 100.00%
Central (two limits) 43 91.49%
Central (one limit) 1 2.13%
Non-central (one limit) 3 6.38%

Events

Saros Member Date Time
(Greatest)
UTC		 Type Location
Lat, Long		 Gamma Mag. Width
(km)		 Duration
(min:sec)		 Ref
140 1 April 16, 1512 6:22:25 Partial 70.6S 131.9E -1.5289 0.0003 [1]
140 2 April 27, 1530 14:07:20 Partial 69.9S 2.9E -1.4726 0.1083 [2]
140 3 May 7, 1548 21:46:52 Partial 69S 124.2W -1.4121 0.225 [3]
140 4 May 19, 1566 5:21:00 Partial 68.1S 110.7E -1.3472 0.3507 [4]
140 5 June 8, 1584 12:52:25 Partial 67.1S 13.3W -1.2802 0.4805 [5]
140 6 June 19, 1602 20:19:21 Partial 66.1S 135.7W -1.2097 0.6174 [6]
140 7 June 30, 1620 3:46:25 Partial 65.1S 102.3E -1.1393 0.7535 [7]
140 8 July 11, 1638 11:11:52 Partial 64.2S 19W -1.0676 0.8917 [8]
140 9 July 21, 1656 18:39:48 Total 63.4S 140.7W 0.9983 1.0244 - - [9]
140 10 August 2, 1674 2:07:57 Total 45.9S 120.8E -0.9295 1.056 498 4m 8s [10]
140 11 August 12, 1692 9:41:05 Total 39.8S 8.6E -0.8649 1.0546 353 4m 10s [11]
140 12 August 24, 1710 17:17:16 Total 36.5S 105.1W -0.8031 1.0519 282 4m 0s [12]
140 13 September 4, 1728 0:59:22 Total 35S 139.6E -0.7466 1.0484 236 3m 44s [13]
140 14 September 15, 1746 8:46:37 Total 34.9S 23E -0.6948 1.0441 200 3m 23s [14]
140 15 September 25, 1764 16:41:43 Total 36S 95.5W -0.6502 1.0394 171 3m 1s [15]
140 16 October 7, 1782 0:43:19 Total 37.9S 144.6E -0.6113 1.0344 144 2m 37s [16]
140 17 October 18, 1800 8:51:53 Total 40.3S 23.2E -0.5787 1.0293 120 2m 14s [17]
140 18 October 29, 1818 17:07:10 Total 43.1S 99.4W -0.5524 1.0241 98 1m 51s [18]
140 19 November 9, 1836 1:29:26 Total 46.1S 136.8E -0.5327 1.0191 77 1m 28s [19]
140 20 November 20, 1854 9:56:58 Hybrid 48.9S 12.7E -0.5179 1.0144 57 1m 7s [20]
140 21 November 30, 1872 18:29:33 Hybrid 51.2S 111.8W -0.5081 1.0099 40 0m 47s [21]
140 22 December 12, 1890 3:05:28 Hybrid 52.8S 123.9E -0.5016 1.0059 24 0m 28s [22]
140 23 December 23, 1908 11:44:28 Hybrid 53.4S 0.5W -0.4985 1.0024 10 0m 12s [23]
140 24 January 3, 1927 20:22:53 Annular 52.8S 124.8W -0.4956 0.9995 2 0m 3s [24]
140 25 January 14, 1945 5:01:43 Annular 51.1S 110.3E -0.4937 0.997 12 0m 15s [25]
140 26 January 25, 1963 13:37:12 Annular 48.2S 15W -0.4898 0.9951 20 0m 25s [26]
140 27 February 4, 1981 22:09:24 Annular 44.4S 140.8W -0.4838 0.9937 25 0m 33s [27]
140 28 February 16, 1999 6:34:38 Annular 39.8S 93.9E -0.4726 0.9928 29 0m 40s [28]
140 29 February 26, 2017 14:54:33 Annular 34.7S 31.2W -0.4578 0.9922 31 0m 44s [29]
140 30 March 9, 2035 23:05:54 Annular 29S 154.9W -0.4368 0.9919 31 0m 48s [30]
140 31 March 20, 2053 7:08:19 Annular 23S 83E -0.4089 0.9919 31 0m 50s [31]
140 32 March 31, 2071 15:01:06 Annular 16.7S 37W -0.3739 0.9919 31 0m 52s [32]
140 33 April 10, 2089 22:44:42 Annular 10.2S 154.8W -0.3319 0.9919 30 0m 53s [33]
140 34 April 23, 2107 6:18:41 Annular 3.6S 89.9E -0.2829 0.9918 30 0m 56s [34]
140 35 May 3, 2125 13:42:33 Annular 3N 22.6W -0.2263 0.9915 31 0m 59s [35]
140 36 May 14, 2143 20:58:14 Annular 9.4N 132.7W -0.1638 0.9908 33 1m 5s [36]
140 37 May 25, 2161 4:05:43 Annular 15.7N 119.8E -0.095 0.9898 36 1m 12s [37]
140 38 June 5, 2179 11:05:36 Annular 21.5N 15E -0.0209 0.9884 41 1m 21s [38]
140 39 June 15, 2197 17:59:33 Annular 26.8N 87.6W 0.0574 0.9864 48 1m 32s [39]
140 40 June 28, 2215 0:48:45 Annular 31.4N 172E 0.1388 0.9839 58 1m 44s [40]
140 41 July 8, 2233 7:35:24 Annular 35.1N 73.1E 0.2215 0.9809 70 1m 59s [41]
140 42 July 19, 2251 14:18:46 Annular 38N 24.2W 0.3062 0.9773 85 2m 16s [42]
140 43 July 29, 2269 21:03:04 Annular 39.9N 121.3W 0.3893 0.9732 104 2m 35s [43]
140 44 August 10, 2287 3:47:42 Annular 41N 141.8E 0.4714 0.9686 127 2m 56s [44]
140 45 August 21, 2305 10:35:44 Annular 41.5N 43.7E 0.5497 0.9637 155 3m 21s [45]
140 46 September 1, 2323 17:26:09 Annular 41.7N 55.3W 0.6253 0.9584 191 3m 48s [46]
140 47 September 12, 2341 0:22:47 Annular 41.7N 156.4W 0.695 0.9529 234 4m 19s [47]
140 48 September 23, 2359 7:24:42 Annular 41.9N 100.6E 0.7595 0.9471 291 4m 53s [48]
140 49 October 3, 2377 14:33:17 Annular 42.6N 4.7W 0.8178 0.9413 366 5m 29s [49]
140 50 October 14, 2395 21:49:16 Annular 44N 112.4W 0.8691 0.9354 471 6m 7s [50]
140 51 October 25, 2413 5:13:20 Annular 46.2N 137.3E 0.9129 0.9298 628 6m 43s [51]
140 52 November 5, 2431 12:45:40 Annular 49.5N 24.5E 0.9496 0.9242 902 7m 15s [52]
140 53 November 15, 2449 20:23:56 Annular 54.9N 89.1W 0.981 0.9186 - 7m 35s [53]
140 54 November 27, 2467 4:10:21 Annular 63.7N 158.3E 1.0051 0.9434 - - [54]
140 55 December 7, 2485 12:02:00 Annular 64.7N 31.2E 1.0242 0.91 - - [55]
140 56 December 19, 2503 19:59:21 Partial 65.7N 97.7W 1.0385 0.8851 [56]
140 57 December 30, 2521 3:58:50 Partial 66.8N 132.5E 1.0507 0.8642 [57]
140 58 January 10, 2540 12:01:35 Partial 67.9N 1.3E 1.06 0.8483 [58]
140 59 January 20, 2558 20:03:53 Partial 69N 130.4W 1.0693 0.8326 [59]
140 60 February 1, 2576 4:04:59 Partial 70N 97.6E 1.0793 0.8161 [60]
140 61 February 11, 2594 12:02:17 Partial 70.9N 34.1W 1.0921 0.7951 [61]
140 62 February 23, 2612 19:55:50 Partial 71.6N 165.6W 1.1076 0.7697 [62]
140 63 March 6, 2630 3:42:09 Partial 72.1N 64.3E 1.1288 0.735 [63]
140 64 March 16, 2648 11:21:54 Partial 72.3N 64.5W 1.1552 0.6917 [64]
140 65 March 27, 2666 18:53:07 Partial 72.2N 168.8E 1.1881 0.6371 [65]
140 66 April 7, 2684 2:17:17 Partial 71.9N 44E 1.2265 0.5732 [66]
140 67 April 19, 2702 9:30:34 Partial 71.4N 77.6W 1.2736 0.4942 [67]
140 68 April 29, 2720 16:37:17 Partial 70.7N 163.1E 1.3257 0.4061 [68]
140 69 May 10, 2738 23:34:31 Partial 69.8N 46.7E 1.3856 0.3042 [69]
140 70 May 21, 2756 6:26:50 Partial 68.8N 67.7W 1.449 0.1955 [70]
140 71 June 1, 2774 13:10:10 Partial 67.8N 179.3W 1.5196 0.0738 [71]

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